Mandosio, In regulas Cancellariæ Apostolicae commentaria, Venice, 1554, Roman brown morocco armorial binding by Guillery

MANDOSIO, QUINTILIANO. In regulas Cancellariæ Apostolicae sanctissimi d. nostri Iulii tertii pontificis maximi commentaria. Cum duplici indice, quorum alter propriam cuiusque regulæ materiam breviter ostendit: alter verò omnia in commentariis memoratu digna ordine complectitur. Venice: Michele Tramezzino, 1554

This papal binding made for Julius III can be attributed to Marcantonio Guillery (see lot 112 in the present sale for a volume from the private library of Julius III).

4to (220 x 154mm). Roman type, 40 lines plus headline. Collation: *⁴ **⁴ A–Z⁴ AA–ZZ⁴ AAA–FFF⁴ a–c⁴ d⁶: 234 leaves. Woodcut printer’s device on title. (Some light spotting and browning.)

Binding: Contemporary Roman brown morocco armorial binding, gilt fillet around sides, large open frame formed by 2 sets of double gilt fillets, mitred at corners, gilt "monticelli" at outer corners, gilt wreath at inside corners, in centre gilt arms of Julius III on upper cover and IVLIO/III/PONT./ MAX. on lower, spine with 3 bands, title in gold running down spine, traces of 4 pairs of ties, edges gilt. (Spine ends, upper joint, and corners worn.)

Provenance: Pope Julius III (Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte, 1487-1555; r. 1550-1555), arms on binding, lower cover lettered with his name — inkstamp (tree standing on 3 monticelli, possibly Del Monte family) — armorial inkstamp “Antonius Portius I.V.D.” on title, possibly Antonio Porcio, of Forli — Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (1847-1929), bookplate, note in pencil "Naples 1891" (Brian Hillyard, "Rosebery as book collector" in Journal of the Edinburgh Bibliographical Society, 7 (2012), pp.71-114, especially p.85 on his library in the Villa Rosebery in Posillipo, bought in 1897 and given to the British Government in 1909; p.108 note 49 for a volume inscribed "Naples Feb. 1891" — Rosebery, family library (Dalmeny), inkstamp "Barnbougle Castle" — sale, Sotheby's, The Continental library of Archibald, 5th Earl of Rosebery and Midlothian, 25 May 1995, lot 26. Acquisition: Purchased at the preceding sale. References: USTC 839984; Edit16 35245